He had come to the conclusion to keep this to himself for now.
A few days later, he received a text from her, asking if she could stop by this afternoon, which he of course agreed to.
For the first time, it was kind of awkward between them, which really stung.
The both sat down at his kitchen counter and he offered her a cup of coffee, which she gladly took.
"So how is it going?" He asked, trying to sound casual.
"David, I am sorry I did not show for so long, but I did not know what to say."
He looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
"God, this is so hard! I hate this awkwardness! As beautiful as that night was, this makes me want to turn back time and turn around on your doorstep"
"Jen, what did you expect? I know I promised that I would always stay your friend, but this really hurts, and I cannot just sit by and act as if nothing ever happened. So I take it you made your choice?"
"I am so sorry, but I really cannot handle just running off... and he is really trying..."
"Jen, are you sure about that? You don't seem very happy to me! All that I want is for you to be happy, and if that is with him, then so be it. But you don't seem to be..."
"I will be. I try to be..."
"Being happy is something you should not have to try! Please..."
"We are going to Cabo for a few days. I think that will really be good for both of us."
"Okay, I planned to keep this to myself, but now I kind of feel that I have to say it.
I talked to a friend of mine who works on the set of Brad's new movie. Seems like he is fooling around with Angelina. They obviously leave set together quite regularly, and they are mostly on schedule, and there rarely seem to be late hours. When he is rarely at home..."
"David, I am not stupid. I already figured that much. But who am I to judge after what we did?"
"Jen, that was ONE time! This seems to be going on since AGES ago..."
"And what about all those stolen moments when we were Ross and Rachel?"
"That was YEARS before you even met him! There were hardly any of those scenes in later seasons and we were mostly professional then..."
"David, PLEASE, I ask you to respect this. This is what I feel I need to do. I am so sorry that you have to go through this because of me, but I can't take it back.
I will..."
He was desperate enough now to step closer to her, take her face in both of his hands and kiss her. Kiss her hard.
She quickly broke the kiss.
"PLEASE don't do this to both of us. Not just for me, but this cannot end well! I don't want you to get hurt ." He pleaded.
He really had trouble holding back his tears now.
"Look, I will give you space to learn to accept this and all the time you need to heal! But please know that I will always be your friend and will gladly be there for you. I am SORRY."
He could see that she was fighting back her tears. But when she stormed to the door, he was glued to the floor, unable to move.
When he heard the door shut, he sank down on the floor and cried.
...
After she stormed out of David's house, Jen sat in her car and cried her eyes out.
Although the night she had spend with him was beautiful, she now wished it never happened.
She deserved every ounce of his anger. She totally got that he was hurt. And she feared that they would never recover from that.
She was no fool, of course she had suspected that something had happened between Brad and Angelina, but he was trying, too. So that had to be over, right?
And after everything, she lacked every right to judge him for that.
Now that she seemed to have burned down all bridges when it came to David, she was even more determined to make her marriage work again.
She wiped her eyes, took a deep breath and started her car. She had to get home and get packed.
AN: Sorry for the heartbreak. Will get better soon!
